It appears John Conyers, who lives in Washington, and his wife who lives in Detroit, are apart far more than they are together. Does that mean Conyer’s didn’t keep tabs on his wife’s corrupt way? Either way, his wife’s activities have certainly cast a cloud over him. Is that enough to trigger a House ethics investigation? The prosecutors say they have nothing to suggest Conyers knew. Is that good enough?
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — A conservative legal foundation this week urged the House ethics panel to investigate Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) as new details emerged about his wife’s involvement in a Detroit bribery scheme.
Though Monica Conyers, a Detroit City Council member, pleaded guilty last month and admitted taking several thousand dollars in the scheme, charges filed Wednesday against one of her former top aides allege that the councilwoman took at least $65,000 from people seeking contracts from the council or a pension board on which she sat in 2006 and 2007.
Federal prosecutors in Michigan accuse Conyers and the aide of using their positions in government to engage in a “persistent and continuing pattern of extortion and bribery.” Prosecutors said last month that they had “no suggestion” the congressman was aware of his wife’s activities.
